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There is a lot to see this weekend with the "Railways at Work" event. Seven locomotives are moving around Lbro before 9.30! With the return to service of Witherslack Hall, 4 other steam locomotives, 3 diesels and a DMU. Four passenger rakes, two "Pick Up goods rakes and the Windcutters (16T...

In the Early 1960's the GCR still carried a lot of freight trains but the line closed to through passenger traffic in 1966. It remaining as a "rump" of a DMU service from Rugby to Nottingham until 1969. But did this also stop all through freight traffic? There was still the MoD traffic to...

Although mentioned elsewhere, this spectacular sight is to be a one-off working on the Great Central Railway on Saturday June 17th to celebrate 50 years of running trains in preservation. This should excite all who remember what BR was like in the 50's and 60's when such sights were everyday...

Sad news is that 7027 Thornbury Castle is being sold - and its boiler is to be used on a "new build" class 47XX no 4709. This project is under the GWS umbrella at Didcot. Needless to say a lot of people at the GCR have spent a lot of time and effort on the locomotive over the past two years...

I saw this trundling North from Kettering today....is it powered by some form of bio diesel? It certainly is eye-catching!

They often seem maligned I would just like to redress that to show our appreciation of good public service. Our incoming train had been delayed and coincided with another service yesterday morning, both had been quite busy. The gate staff opened the gates to speed the outgoing passengers and...

There was a good(?) item on the BBC news this morning about an attempt to beat the 3 hrs 52 min non-stop record for the journey, in an effort to get passengers enthused and back travelling by train. I think the record was set by the APT back in the 80's?

There is more good news following the purchase of Bratton Fleming Station and the restoration work at Chelfham. In the latest L & B magazine it says that Parracombe Halt has also been purchased.

This is on the GCR website:- Autumn Steam Gala – Thurs 1st to Sun 4th October 2020 Our Autumn Steam Gala takes place from 1st to 4th October 2020, with a busy passenger service on Thursday, stepping up a gear on Friday with the addition of freight trains, and on Saturday and Sunday a very...

In the light of the "39 Steps" thread, there was a recent showing of this early James Bond film with Sean Connery. The mixture of trains used for the Orient Express were quite amazing!

Needless to say we are looking forward to this! Goods Galore Gala – 28th and 29th March 2020 Our goods-themed showcase of how Britain's railways moved goods around the country, becoming a lifeline to towns and villages ahead of the age of mass road transportation. Goods Galore takes place...

I was able to attend this on Sunday afternoon and have been reflecting. I was there from 2.30 until 5.45 and travelled on three different trains hauled by Repton and the T9, the Standard 5, a Jinty and the T9 by itself. I saw the van train hauled by a 9F, the Windcutter train hauled by an 8F and...

As per last year, the GC is running a gala aimed very much at the enthusiast as well as the general public. There are 7 steam locomotive plus two diesels scheduled. 5 different freight trains plus a passenger carrying parcels train...in addition to the regular passenger trains, will make for an...

There is considerable interest in "New Build", both steam and heritage diesel and so it would seem sensible to try a dedicated "New Build" thread. From a brief look at websites, there appear to be at least 22 steam projects and at least 1 diesel (10,000) project. Of those there are 5 which...

As some on here will know, there are two "New build" B17 projects. One, "Spirit of Sandringham" is steadily advancing with mainframes erected and many castings machined. The other "Manchester United" appears to have been a non functional pastiche designed to capitalise on the Man U football...

My Father in Law bought a railway brass plate many years ago. It is a (trapezoidal?) or Diamond shape, "North British Locomotive", number 26094, dated 1947. I have tried to find what locomotive it could have been from as it is a number close to the preserved B1 "Mayflower" I believe.

I watched the program last night and thought it did quite a good job of explaining the complexities of restoring a Gresley wooden bodied coach - three more episodes to follow with different coaches.

It should be a weekend with a difference at the GC - there will be 6 different goods trains in operation and the welcome return to traffic of the Standard 5 - 73156. This has had its wheels out and rods/pins re-machined, following the overheating problems last year when it was initially run.

I saw this posted on another thread and thought it deserved a new thread...Baxenden Bank said... "I'm not a follower of the preserved scene, but there seems to be a fair amount of chatter on this forum about the difficulties attracting passengers, raising money for extensions / major repairs and...

As BiModes are going to be used on the MML instead of more electrification, Mr Grayling has been saying that they are a good option and, in the future, will be even better using Hydrogen power - which he expects to start taking place possibly within 10 -12 years. How realistic is this and what...